Hill & Knowlton Limited
Registered name: HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupHill & Knowlton Limited made £48.1m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hill & Knowlton Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £48.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £5m profit and 296 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1969
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.4m | £52.8m | £48.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£19.3m | −£9.8m | −£29.2m |
| Gross profit | £42.1m | £42.9m | £19m |
| Operating profit | £7.3m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £7.3m | £4.9m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £7.2m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 338 | 335 | 296 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.8% | 9% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 68.6% | 81.3% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £157k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £14.1k | £16.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.6% | ▲4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼11.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 296
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
- WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
- WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
- WPP Samson Limited50–75%
- Burson Group Limited75–100%
- Hill & Knowlton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Carl Byoir (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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